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The objective of this study was to estimate the benefits received by producers who adopted improved forages as part of a project[1] carried out in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in terms of increased productivity, stocking rate, and income due to the additional sale of milk and be...


Holmann, Federico J.Argel M., Pedro J.Pérez, E.[Benefits of adopting improved forages in smallholder farms in Central America: An ex post analysis]Benefits of adopting improved forages in smallholder farms in Central America: An ex post analysis
Holmann, Federico J.Lascano, Carlos E.[Utilidad de los sistemas de producción en base a forrajes mejorados]Utilidad de los sistemas de producción en base a forrajes mejorados

The impact of pasture degradation on animal productivity in six regions of Honduras was assessed, and pasture rehabilitation costs were estimated. The study, carried out in March 2004, involved the interviewing of 25 livestock producers and eight extension agents. The milk and beef production of ...


Holmann, Federico J.Argel M., Pedro J.Rivas Ríos, LibardoWhite, D.Estrada, R.D.Burgos, C.Pérez, E.Ramírez, G.Medina, A.[Beneficios y costos de la rehabilitación de pasturas degradadas en Honduras.]Beneficios y costos de la rehabilitación de pasturas degradadas en Honduras.

Using a simulation model as an analysis tool, the economic impact of spittlebugs in pastures of Colombia was quantified in terms of animal production. Three levels of abundance (10, 25, 50 adults/m2) and farm area affected (25, 50, 100%) were evaluated using data obtained in Brazil for Notozulia ...


Holmann, Federico J.Peck, D.[Economic damage of grassland spittlebugs (Homoptera Cercopidae) in Colombia: a first approximation of impact on animal production in Brachiaria decumbens]Economic damage of grassland spittlebugs (Homoptera Cercopidae) in Colombia: a first approximation of impact on animal production in Brachiaria decumbens

The potential economic impact of the adoption of new Brachiaria cultivars, resistant to cercopids (spittlebugs), on livestock production systems of Colombia’s northern coast and Eastern Plains areas, the Mexican tropics, and Central America was evaluated using the MODEXC economic model (Rivas et ...


Rivas Ríos, LibardoHolmann, Federico J.[Impacto económico potencial de la adopción de nuevas Brachiarias resistentes a cercópidos.]Impacto económico potencial de la adopción de nuevas Brachiarias resistentes a cercópidos.

The early adoption of the legume Arachis pintoi was studied in the State of Caqueta, located in Colombia's Amazon region [date not given]. Data came from 174 farmers randomly surveyed in 1986 and 1997 within the area of influence of Nestle, a multinational milk-processing company. In addition, 52...


Rivas Ríos, LibardoHolmann, Federico J.[Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: the case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caqueta, Colombia.]Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: the case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caqueta, Colombia.

Surveys were made of rural artisan cheese factories located in the region of Olancho, Catacamas, and Juticalpa in Honduras (n=10) and in Esquipulas and Muy-Muy in Nicaragua (n=13). The objective was to analyze the milk market of small rural artisan cheese factories in livestock watersheds of Hond...


Holmann, Federico J.[Milk market of small scale artisan cheese factories in selected livestock watersheds of Honduras and Nicaragua]Milk market of small scale artisan cheese factories in selected livestock watersheds of Honduras and Nicaragua

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